Here are a couple of ways I like to prepare my couscous. Prepare couscous by the box instructions then into the boiling water sprinkle a little chicken stock powder, about 1/2 teaspoon depending on quantity. …

Rocky road is one of those really easy recipes that you play with the ingredients to how you like it.  You really can’t go wrong.  

I don’t know about anyone else but when I bake a cake, unless it’s for an event, I use half then slice and freeze the other half. Before freezing the cake I always slice it …

Mmmm lasagne!  Last nights dinner was very nice.  Now that there are only 3 of us at home this lasagne mix makes up 1 meal for now and 1 meal for the freezer or for …

I ran out of onion powder I use this mostly for my seasoning mixes, there were no onion powder refill packets at the grocery store but there were onion granules. I bought the granules and …

Try sprinkling a few of your favourite dried herbs on hash browns before putting under the grill or in the oven.  You can have the herbs of your choice and mix and match herbs or …

Personally to pop in my cup of tea or coffee or to drink as a straight glass of milk I don’t like the stuff, BUT I really love having powdered milk in my pantry. (I …

For a quick meal sometimes the plain old meat and 3 veg get thrown together for dinner.  Once boiled or steamed give the vegetables a bit of a boost by grating a handful of your …

I’ve had this on my list to try for a while and yesterday I had a hankering for pizza for lunch so decided this was the time to try it. The recipe reads Ingredients : …

Why cream of something soup? It’s cream of something soup because it’s whatever can of cream soup I have in the pantry at the time.  Usually cream of mushroom or cream of chicken  but works …

I’ve been playing around with less sugar in a recipe, I’m not wanting the artificial stuff you buy in a jar or packet. Solution …. partly, date paste, it’s easy to make and was suggested …

I’m not a fan of plain old mac and cheese and definitely not the box/pre packaged stuff, you can taste the not so real cheese BUT, it is easy to make your self or at …

I don’t know about anywhere else in the world but at the moment we here in Australia are having health problems with imported berries.  Just recently Hepatitis A (which is not common over here) has …

Slice approx 1 centimetre ring off your favourite capsicum, pop into a heated frypan cracking in an egg as per egg rings.  Cook to your preferred doneness, serving as you normally would.  You can also …

While flicking around one of my newsletters the other week I found a recipe for this quick yoghurt cake and thought I’d give it a whirl. I have to say I’m quite happy with the …

By the sandwich press I mean the one with the flat plates. Mine is a 4 sandwich  press, I love it. Not only can you use a sandwich press for sandwiches, you can still use …

Making your own breadcrumbs is one of the easiest things you can do. Fresh breadcrumbs Bread picked to bits by your fingers or you can pop in the food processor leaving off the crusts. This …

Puff pastry toppers are easy to do and can be used for savoury or sweet foods. Pastry toppers are just ready rolled frozen puff pastry cut with scone/biscuit/cookie cutters to the shape you wish. Pop …

This past weekend I baked two items first up was a brownie. Peanut butter brownie.  I decided to swap out 1/4 of the margerine/butter and add in crunch peanut butter (mixed both together and microwave …